Compensation for wrongful incarceration; annuity term.
Summary
Compensation for wrongful incarceration; annuity term. Provides that for a person wrongfully convicted of a felony who receives as compensation an annuity from the Commonwealth the annuity period shall be the person's life expectancy if his life expectancy is less than 25 years, if he so chooses. Under current law, the annuity period is 25 years for all such persons regardless of life expectancy.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Apr 2, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 26, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 23, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Amendments
2
Apr 2, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 648 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB415E
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Jan 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104701D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Creigh Deeds
DDemocratic
Ask Maddy
·
AI policy assistant
Ask Maddy about SB 415
Scope: VA
Hi! I can help you understand SB 415. What would you like to know?
Try one of these
i
Maddy answers using official bill text and legislative records. Always verify before sharing.
Sources cited inline